Peanuts Tribute

A Photo Tour Of Peanuts CharacterStatues On Public Display In The Twin Cities

Peanuts Gang Image From United Press Syndicate Press Kit

Peanuts cartoon creator Charles Schulz was born and raised in Saint Paul,
and lived in Minneapolis before moving to northern California. He is
fondly remembered in the Twin Cities. The city of Saint Paul ran a
series of tributes to Schulz's characters in the early 2000s by producing
several hundred fiberglass statues that were displayed across the city
in a manner similar to the famous cow statues displayed in Chicago in the
late 1990s. While most of those statues were auctioned off for charity,
about 20% remain on public display. Here are links to photos of many
of these statues from the 2010 to 2012 time frame:

Peanuts on Parade was so popular that Schulz's adopted home town, Santa Rosa,
California, picked up where Saint Paul left off, with a three year run of
Peanuts statues, also produced by the TivoliToo company from Mendota Heights,
Minnesota. An encore featuring Lucy statues was run a few years later. The
Santa Rosa tributes have included:

• It's Your Town, Charlie Brown (2005)

• Summer Of Woodstock (2006)

• Joe Cool's Summer (2007)

• Look Out It's Lucy! (2010)

The Mall of America featured the Knott's Camp Snoopy theme park from its
1992 opening until 2006. The mall was unable to make a deal to
continue the Peanuts theme, so the Peanuts characters were removed and the
theme park became The Park At The Mall Of America. A new branding deal was
concluded in 2007 for the mall theme park to become Nickelodeon
Universe featuring the Sponge Bob characters. Snoopy, however, has returned
to the Twin Cities in 2011 with the Planet Snoopy at Valleyfair.